Portable water color box



Aug" 22, 1939. L. CUTROW PORTABLE WATER COLOR BOX Filed May 9, 1938 INVENTOR w ww m m%m U A C Patented Aug. 22, 1939 2,170,709

UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE PORTABLE WATER COLOR BOX Leo Cutrow, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application May 9, 1938, Serial No. 206,897

1 Claim. (Cl. 41- 1) This invention relates to paint boxes and more curved portion ll of front wall member [8 of top particularly to a portable water color box such as I 3 to provide a resilient snap lock for the top. used by artists. A pair of resilient grips l9 are secured to mem- An object of this invention is to provide an imher 6 and are adapted to secure the box to the proved Water color box of simplified construction edge of a palette 20. and having important advantageous features. The novel and advantageous features of the Other objects and advantages will appear and box comprising my invention should be apparent. be brought out more fully in the following speci- The base and back of the box, being preferably of fication, reference being had to the accompanywood or similar material, provide a simple and m ing drawing wherein expeditious method of securing the separators ll 10 Fig. 1 is the perspective view of an embodiin the grooves 9 and II], it being very difficult ment of my invention and and expensive to weld separators to a box having Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. metal base and side members. The pockets are 15 Referring more particularly to the drawing, thus airtight and leakproof and the resilient por- I show the box having a base member 5 and a tion I! of cover in cooperation with groove l6 back 6 suitably secured thereto by lap joint 1. provides a tight closure for the cover.

Members 5 and 6 are preferably of wood and It will be understood that the foregoing demember 5 has a downwardly inclined upper surscription is illustrative only of my invention and face 8 forming a trough for the paint. Member that changes and modifications may be made 0 5 is a plurality of spaced grooves 9. Member 6 without departing from the spirit and scope of 20 is a similar plurality of grooves 10 in which are the subjoined claim.

d pt d to b placed a plu a ty 01? metal separa- Having described my invention, what I claim tors ll forming the individual pockets for the is: different colored paints. End walls l2 are metal A portable water color box as described, comor other suitable material and are secured to prising interfitting base and side members, havmembers 5 and 6 in any convenient manner. A ing a plurality of grooves, said grooves having a stamped metal cover I3 is secured to member 6 plurality of separating walls therein, said base by spot Welding to a hinge I4 bolted to member having a downwardly inclined upper surface 6 and has end walls l5 adapted to overlap end adapted to form pockets With said side member walls I2. A front edge of member 5 is provided and said separating walls, and a spring clip with a groove l6 extending substantially the adapted to secure said box to a table top.

length thereof and cooperates with the inwardly LEO CUTROW. 

